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Printjmc
counting and probability junior
Problem
What is the value of ? (No calculators! And see if you can do it in your head!)
Solution
The given expression is the expansion of . In general, the cube of is The first and last terms in the given expression are cubes and the middle two terms both have coefficient 3, giving us a clue that this is a cube of a binomial and can be written in the form In this case, and , so our answer is
Final answer
1,\!000,\!000